Our Students

Yishu Bai (SNE IAC Lead Student)

Graduate (Ph.D.) Student

Electrical and Computer Engineering

yishu.bai@uconn.edu

Research area(s): Smart Manufacturing, Smart Modeling, Operations Research

Career Interest: To work as an applied scientist in areas like operation research, smart modeling

Prathamesh Patil

Graduate (Ph.D.) Student

Mechanical Engineering

prathamesh.patil@uconn.edu

Research area(s): Energy and Energy Efficiency with interests in Building Energy Science, Thermodynamics, HVAC/R, thermal storage, and machine learning/artificial intelligence

Career Interest: Research and development, field installation and maintenance, computer modeling and programming, and self-employment

Tianyu Zhu

Graduate (Ph.D.) Student

Electrical and Computer Engineering

tianyu.3.zhu@uconn.edu

Research area(s): Modeling, analysis, visualization of smart manufacturing systems and application of augmented reality

Career Interest: To work as an Electrical Engineer for an auto or automation company and carry out more research on smart manufacturing

Esma Sahin

Graduate (Ph.D.) Student

Electrical and Computer Engineering

esma.sahin@uconn.edu

Research area(s): Electric power systems, Machine learning, and Deep learning

Career Interest: Sustainable design, Renewable energy

Nicholas Bailey

Undergraduate Student (Sophomore)

Management & Engineering for Manufacturing

nicholas.bailey@uconn.edu

Research area(s): Drone Photogrammetry, Efficient Air Nozzles, Workplace Safety, Industrial IOT

Career Interest: Consulting, Operations, Data Analytics

Dinghui Peng

Undergraduate Student (Junior)

Mechanical Engineering

dinghui.peng@uconn.edu

Research area(s): Data analysis

Career Interest: Manufacturing 

Zachary King

Undergraduate Student (Junior)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

zachary.n.king@uconn.edu

Research area(s): Energy Efficiency, sustainability

Career Interest: Microcontrollers for Automation

Maanit Malhan

Undergraduate Student (Sophomore)

Computer Science

maanit.malhan@uconn.edu

Research area(s): Data science, software engineering, and computer vision.

Career Interest: Working for a car company with a focus on the electrification of cars.

Tyler King

Undergraduate Student (Junior)

Electrical Engineering

tyler.king@uconn.edu

Research area(s): Energy Efficiency, sustainability

Career Interest: Semiconductor research

Qingyu Dai

Undergraduate Student (Senior)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

qingyu.dai@uconn.edu

Research area(s): Power System, Statistical Downscaling, PV Systems on Truck 

Career Interest: Clean energy, Electrical vehicles, Engineering application in farming/food system

Past Students

  • Julia De Oliveira - Undergraduate, Mechanical Engineering
  • Alain Olhaberry - Undergraduate, Chemical Engineering
  • Corey Lauer - Undergraduate, Mechanical Engineering
  • Mia Langston - Undergraduate, Chemical Engineering and French
  • Colby Hoffman - Undergraduate, Management & Engineering for Manufacturing
  • Nicholas Satta - Undergraduate, Electrical Engineering
  • Jiaming Gu - Undergraduate, Management & Engineering for Manufacturing
  • Chenyu Song - Undergraduate, Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Amogh Garuda Dwajan - Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering
  • Celia Chacko - Graduate, Advanced Manufacturing for Energy Systems
  • Kristen Schadtle Morse - Undergraduate, Electrical & Computer Engineering